Successful Teamwork!

For Undergraduates and Taught Postgraduates Working on Group Projects

This concise, practical guide is for anyone placedin a group and assigned a project to carry out.It goes straight to the heart of the matter anddeals pragmatically with common studentconcerns such as:

How to allocate work appropriately

How best to communicate and conductmeetings

How to keep a team together

How to deal with people who are takinga “free ride” or who try to dominate

How to work constructively with peopleone doesn’t know—and people one doesn’tlike very much

How to resolve disagreements in the team

How to make good use of teamworkexperience when looking for a job

This guide helps students appreciate the tensionsamong the demands of the task, the needs of theteam, and their own individual needs.Using this guide, any student can learn from theteamwork experience and make a success of theproject!